Gym Confessions (yup, I have been that guy)

I have spent a good amount of time laughing it up at the many threads associated with getting a laugh out of the guys we see at the gym. Well, this morning I realized...hey, I have been that guy a time or two. So, its time to throw it in reverse, and confess when we were "That guy"

What got me thinking is just this morning I was doing curls with an empty curl bar - 4 sets of 50 reps trying to re-hab my bicep tear. I could see a guy looking at me funny like "how are you going to get big doing that?" I realized we all have certain circumstance that make us do things that aren't "cool" in the gym, so I thought I would come clean.

I have...

Done 3" knee bend squats - yup, I hated them

Picked my butt off the bench during a max attempt - oh yeah, I used to get a good arch going back in the day

Curled in the squat rack - oh yes, I still do...but I get there at 5:00am, and am the ONLY person there

funny post! Everybody's guilty of these at one time or another. I live in Vegas so it's hot as hell here. I wear wife beaters all the time. Another I'm guilty of is yelling in the gym, never on purpose though. I used to hate that crap, now I'm that guy. Go figure.

its one thing if you are white, 110 pounds with a teardrop face tattoo and a doorag... then wifebeater just looks funny with his little stick arms. but us guys that workout not only look good in beaters but its also more comfortable than a tshirt when you sweat and get pumped up.

I have about 25 drip dry extra short sleeve shirts so that's what I wear in the gym. I wouldn't be caught in a beater though.

I've never been that guy or maybe I have. Before I started lifting, I would go to the gym with my buds that did lift and I was the guy that always hung around the gym talking to my buds but never worked out. I was the "what the hell is he in here for" guy.

I remember 9th grade, before I ever benched, I spotted a guy doing 2 45 plates for about 20 reps. I thought that if he got it 20 times, I know I can get it at least 5 or 6.

I got under the weight and unracked it, crash.....i was pinned in 3 seconds. I immediately started break dancing in an attempt to toss the weight off of my chest. That shiat was scary...lol I thought that I was going to die...

I'm the wife beater guy
I'm the guy that looks small but takes all the 45 plates (or was when I was into lifting big)
I'm the guy that works out and eats twix, snickers, peanut butter cups like I do it all day and cant get fat :P (that and I actually crave chocolate when I workout)

whats wrong with wifebeaters???? there is nothing worse than lifting in sleeves and having to pull them up etc...

i love lifting in sweat pants and a long sleeve shirt.. keeps the muscles warm and loose threwout personally no need to show off what i got ill save that for out of the gym. gym is strictly buisness... haha not calling u out just its crazy how much we can differ ha

i love lifting in sweat pants and a long sleeve shirt.. keeps the muscles warm and loose threwout personally no need to show off what i got ill save that for out of the gym. gym is strictly buisness... haha not calling u out just its crazy how much we can differ ha

I read this and agree how we all are different, but are all united in the fact that: day in day out we grind, push, with plates clanking, sweat rolling, music cranked (heavy and loud for me), with an athletic struggle to push to the next level.

Now what you wear while doing it is another story and my opinion is: 'to each his own.'

My worst offense:

1. Dropping some tear gas while squatting (you know those green-fog strategic nuke farts...as in to many fkn eggs that morning LOL)

2. Getting into lengthy discussions about the physics of lifting

3. Losing form causing I'm staring at some chick (fk'd my forearm up on hammers look at one of the many figure girls in my gym...)

4. When I lift with a close buddy of mine (on the rare occassion since he got all domestic and got married PU-c) we end up making each other laugh so hard (while making fun of people mostly) and it kills the workout; I made him laugh so hard once spit flung out of his mouth and hit the mirror in front of us - HILARIOUS - was in tears.

I have a Non Homo problem.....Had to put NON-HOMO... Ijust got into bodybuilding like a year and a half ago....When I started going to the gym obviously i wasnt in the best shape of my life.....My problem....I stare!!!! No seriously all those big ass mo'fo's throwing weights around looking that they could consume my 260pound body)at the time) in seconds.) Im not gay, dont like Peni, But I appreciate dudes that are jacked....I find myself ingulfed in there workout...What are they doin that im not ou know...I think I spent 30 full minutes watching this monstyer destroy weights...I was actually more intrigued buy what he was doing that I forgot to workout myself!!

I am a judge in the gym. I think that because I am an educted lifter and take my workouts dead serious, I judge those who aren't. I look at the guy with 315lbs on the bench press, but only moves his arms 4 inches then gets off the bench and looks around to see who is watching. Instead of just letting it go, I have to think to myself, "what a douche". I am getting mad now thinking about it.